New Delhi

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Gurinder Osan / Associated Press

Supporters of a farmers' union who had gathered for a meeting at a park take shelter from the rain under plastic sheets. Rainfall during India's monsoons were 25% below normal this year, with drought declared in 161 out of India's 625 districts.

Supporters of a farmers' union who had gathered for a meeting at a park take shelter from the rain under plastic sheets. Rainfall during India's monsoons were 25% below normal this year, with drought declared in 161 out of India's 625 districts. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)

Supporters of a farmers' union who had gathered for a meeting at a park take shelter from the rain under plastic sheets. Rainfall during India's monsoons were 25% below normal this year, with drought declared in 161 out of India's 625 districts.